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In reply to the discussion: The saddest picture....... [View all]Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)53. Excellent catch! It looked like it was a screen cap of video but I couldn't dig up any more.
I did do a lot of searching for "iraq orphans" in Google images and while I did not find an image as artistic, the photographs were a hundred times as stark- real photographs from Iraqi orphanages.
Others may want to steel themselves before doing the same.
Anyway, thanks for the info!
PB
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We are supposed to ignore the suffering of these beautiful, innocent children caused by policies
sabrina 1
Apr 2012
#65
Send that picture to Cheney, Bush and all the war mongers you can think of.
Auntie Bush
Apr 2012
#95
Cheney gets a new heart yet there is medical procedure to undo the damage his
Marie Marie
Apr 2012
#97
yeah, it's all staged... just propaganda to make us think Iraqi children are real humans who suffer
NoMoreWarNow
Apr 2012
#13
AGG, any excuse not to care will do. It's a defense mechanism to isolate oneself. It's okay.
freshwest
Apr 2012
#48
If the poor little thing drew it he would sleep by it. I would take a picture of him and his mom.
The Wielding Truth
Apr 2012
#83
It just looks like perspective. Turn your head 90° to the right. That's how the shot was taken.
bluesbassman
Apr 2012
#61
Seems like it could have been taken from a bunkbed.Orphanage, right?
The Wielding Truth
Apr 2012
#82
Excellent catch! It looked like it was a screen cap of video but I couldn't dig up any more.
Poll_Blind
Apr 2012
#53
We rightly mourn the loss of a kid like Trayvon Martin...imagine that story hundreds of thousands of
yurbud
Apr 2012
#64
wow..wish I hadn't clicked on this post !!! That will stay in my head forever. why
Laura PourMeADrink
Apr 2012
#80
Oh, my. :( Life can be cruel. Maybe he'll get adopted after this pic gets exposure. nt
Honeycombe8
Apr 2012
#91